The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-25
Music by p r. BUXTON.

gallant sails, hauled mp the courses, close
rcclcd the topsails, and then sent all hands
below.
Now, gentlemen n y the skipper.
I've got the ship perfectly snug, W ~
none VI YOU need be- in any fear OF your
lives, and III CIV her up to you. When
YOU git tired OF wailin' and want me b.
taku charge agin. you must Civ up al
yOur shuuiin' irons, beg nv pardon and
promise Ia obey orders Vel, they
come ior'arl. and asked rs II there wcrut
some one ~ would take charge ol the ship
and run her a. Rio. but we told EN- that
We couldn't do il, even II We know Il how.
'Cautc list ~ snon ns We landed there,
we'd be- took uforr the consul on n charge
Of mutiny and sent back IN the States ~
arier twenty four hours they appintcd q
committee To wait on the old man aud tell
him o. they Civ In. lie made en- bring
al their rcyolycrS and pile 'cm up on
deck ut his lcot, and he made 'cm beg his
parlon and promise 10 obey him forever
after until the end Of the wage, and then
he says 90 EN-. his name wcro Jackson
Now, gentlemen, all Of you take back
your %rcyOlvcn am not vt MI afraid oi
you. aud | could easily have stopped this
business In the bcginnin' 10y shoOtin' n lot
ot YOU. ~ the law would have justiicdmo
in dom. but did not want To do this.
Now. take up your pistols and remember |
| give you fair warnin' ! sliant interrupt the
wage agin on your account hut the fust
man ~ shows the least sign of mutiny or
characterization III put n bullet through
his head without the least hesitation
Then all hands was called, and we put
the canvas onto her agin, and that ended
the matter. they never tncd II on agin.
"lOu src, sir. q skipper aboard n ship il
absolute monarch, and the law makes him
~. know'd n ease where the owner were
goin' passenger in a ship bound from New
: Orleans IN iiycrpcol. Well, him and the
captain quarfrlcd, goin' down the nvor,
aud had a fist fight on deck, and tho cap.
tam whipped; aud the owner wanted a.
BE- scnt back. and the captain sent him
back hy the steamer, and went on. OF
couno be- took carc 10 duV In Liverpool
all the wages likely Ia 10 due him up u
arrival la New York. and as only the cap.
tain can collect the freight. this was easy
lie gcp discharged, of course, M soon a.
the ship got back. and the owner sued him
Cor assault Meantime the owner hHi
talked pretty freely about the skipper, and
the skipper srcl him for defamation Of
character. Both casss vcrr tried, and IN,
owner got n verdict Il q cents, Whilc ia,
skipper p.cciycd ~ 800.
'Rut | acre llkin about "a ChristmV
dinner 90 Caps Horn. by the time ",
got up With the Horn, OF rather viii
staten land. We vas over iOO DAYS out
- II -. l.. - -
over our bottom. ~ that with Wind on %,
quarter, a irish wholc-zil buccDr. ",
couldn't at morr than four knots out o
her 10 save gu lives We got a slan
thc straits 0t Ia Name. goin' through ~
mind on the Path u lrCoinhcr, and hauiin
10 the wcstHri, With topmHst and to'gal
p Ian sluddin' sails ~ fore and M, an
both royals pullin like young elephants
'Thc skipper bal continued obstinat
b and NDulin't ~ IN ~anywhcr-. and, ifot
Twin - long on alt provisions, SON
signs oi .cuny was bcginnin' 10 make II
appearance. and the old nan cnc0ul
aged the Jassarrvyr 81 ish 81 hlbairp'
% over lhc stern. and told NJ Dor arl i0f I
keep n sharp lookout Coz pofpus'a N
h have the iron uraly. aud he'd Civ w. d
, zii, a bottle u gr,g iDf cvciy ropus y
, took.
: "You might thint Il funny ~ h. a.
any grog. and him hahn 100 dayH oui, b.
r you s,e, in the iusi place, be didn't BY
y much, and in The nrKt, the Lars scrc ia
y lnadcd Nith liquor, cigars and tobacco. a
cybpdy thinhn' that thc-o CREATURE oou
forts would b. IN demand. AMI, Of cours
d everybody shippin' II en-.
IL There ar n little black and white p
pus that never 49, anywhrr els 'ocI
4 oHCapr Horn. that arc equal 30 the hur
ycni-in artrr hcin' k.lrl q couple oi day
Il Tie inwaris can't b. told from pigs, nm
~ the brains ar equal 10 any that vas ou
u into the head 81 q rli The thigh u n
B, young alhstrUss nv as good a. any veal,
it you .oc II weren't np wonder thAt tie 81
10 man were anxious Tor o. 10 catch "a MAI
- Of 'em A. possible. Tho albatrJss III
Il caught uith a Cpi hook AMI line. t0uci
=, tn wake II tLe ship. Tho bird gts n
10 hook under his h.ak and can't lct 10. mn
| you pull him in iist Ike n hsh Thuy nj
q. Tremendous big birls. some oi 'om wo.gI
"A ing ill iiiy pounds, aud mrasurr IN.
sn ten 90 fifteen feet irpm the tip Ol ono VIII
u 10 the ZIP II the other
~ As VIZ kayin', wu'd lust got ihr0u.
m the stmits IT e. Marie when we m.-.i
h. school Of p11u-s aud I bciu' ON a
m iorasl NJ the time. jumped out ou n
~ back vtss AMI cni % the iron ium
No beckri on The m~aninylo. and In hes uu
10 than I'm tellin' yon ! had hove thrUu.
IN and through ~ II Tie black aud vii.
10 porpusrs. In hoayin' the iron. hoWryJ
ls my lot slipped 90 the back fopc aul az.
o.. ! vent overheard.
10 "ii you've ever been aboard ashipz Nh
they struck o. IJrpus, you can have EJu
Ie idea n uieckritrmrnt there y, and ] d0i
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